B83
B83: Other helminthiases
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
B83 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other helminthiases. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- capillariasis NOS (B81.1)
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- intestinal capillariasis (B81.1)
Other codes that can never be billed with B83
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- B81Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead B83
7 child codes. Green means billable.